Missing lots of school- Worried

jov · Sep 17, 2006

nope.

mysterious_one, ASN, RN · Sep 17, 2006

this must be so hard for you, i can't even imagine. Sorry , you have to go through all of this. I don't know how your programm's regulations are for missing classes, but maybe you really need to think about your health right now. Talk to the Dean of your school , maybe they will let you get in next semester without having to go through application processes again. I wish you best of luck and I will be praying for you.

c_loveya · Sep 17, 2006

I hope you get better soon! Take good care of your health first. I'm surprised at how impersonal your instructor sounds. I really hope you manage to catch up this year but maybe you can arrange to come back the following year or something at a time when you're not under so much stress.

Love - C

firstyearstudent · Sep 17, 2006

Why don't you make an appointment and talk to the Dean frankly about your health issues and concerns. I wouldn't be surprised if they deferred your entry for a semester or year (depending on how your program works). Is this an option for you financially and otherwise?

nightingale, RN · Sep 17, 2006

This has happened in our school. The student was able to exit with hurting her grades and return later. The fianancial aide I do not know about but talk with your advisor. If you qualified this year you should the next time.

Jolie, BSN · Sep 17, 2006

I am so sorry for all of your health problems.

I agree with the others that it would be best to speak to the Dean and request a temporary deferrment. You must focus on your health at this time.

Prayers for a quick return to good health!

adamsmom · Sep 17, 2006

Your own health has to come first. If you are not feeling well you will have it even harder. I think you should talk to your dean and ask if you can switch everything including your payments to next semester and start fresh. You can start reading your books and getting ready, but work on gettting your health back to normal then you can concentrate on your school work.

Good luck

JentheRN05, RN · Sep 17, 2006

I think I would drop this semester. And start fresh next semester.

CseMgr1, ASN, RN · Sep 17, 2006

It's tough. I was halfway through my training in an LPN program at a technical school years ago, when the Hong Kong flu began going around like wildfire and I caught it. I was as sick as I have ever been in my life, practically bedridden and a fever of 102-103 degrees for two weeks. My clinical instructor (who was an angel), called me at home and apologetically told me that if I missed one more day of clinical before the end of the quarter, I'd have to drop out of the program. "It's not my rule, but the State's", she added. She arranged for me to work only four hours in the stroke unit of a local hospital, in which I was assigned one patient. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done, for I was as weak as a dishrag, but she watched me closely. And as soon as the clock hit 12:00 noon, she pulled me off the floor and ordered: "Go home and go back to bed. "You made it", she added, looking worried sick about me. I'll never forget what this lady did for me, for it would have been much easier for her just to have done nothing and allowed me to be kicked out of school, instead.

NaomieRN · Sep 17, 2006

Like others have said, talk to the dean and see if you can start back fresh next semester. I am in the first semester of nursing, I cannot imagine missign so many days and be able to catch up. I am reading 8 chapters a week and I still feel sometimes, I am not up to part. I think your come first before anything. Good luck to you.

kukukajoo, LPN · Sep 17, 2006

Thanks everyone for your replies, it is helping lift the feeling of dread off my shoulders. Luckily I have not missed any clinicals and the school has already made concessions for me since it is due to illness. I have a spectacular record at the school and am a mamber of honor society and vice president of student senate and very involved with lots of activities. I believe this is what saved me, and my instructor took a disliking to it. I can understand though, we have a small calss- only 15- and absence may become an issue for other students in the future possibly and the example I am setting is not the best by any means. I don't know if the concessions would have been made for everyone, and I am certain she does not want to have deal with this issue with someone possibly shirking class for no good reason.

If I leave, I have to wait another year and I am not sure finances can handle that so I will do all I can to get through this rough patch and trudge on. I will have to accept my grades may suffer, but that is a minor thing compared to the alternative!!

I may ask for more time, although that is unfair to my classmates as they can not get their tests back and discuss them until I take it. But I have to think of everything.

We have a President, not a dean, and he is very new. I was on the comittee who chose him to lead our school! I will go and have a talk with him as soon as I can.

All I can say is today I will study my butt off and try to be as ready as possible. That is all I can do. I suppose failing one test would not be deadly. And once it is over, I can then only concentrate on the present and the future. I think that may be my best hope. One consolation- the test is multiple choice so there is hope on guessing some, lol!

So you know what I am up to the rest of the day!!!

Take care all and thanks for being here! Oh and especially thanks to the naysayer- that gives me the moxie I need to prove you wrong! :)